Unified Portfolio Management

by Brian J. Dooley

Enterprise portfolio management has been evolving for the past several years toward a unified vision that incorporates the diverse areas of portfolio concepts, bringing them together through standardized measures and techniques backed by consolidated software solutions. As with other areas in IT, the elimination of silos of information and activity yields benefits in efficiency, reduced overhead, and new synergies. For portfolios, unification also provides the capability for immediate visibility into key areas of enterprise activity, which we'll explore in this Executive Update.